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package org.apache.logging.log4j.spi;

import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.util.StringMap;

Extension service provider interface to implement additional custom MDC behavior for ThreadContext. Consider implementing CleanableThreadContextMap instead. 
See Also:
ThreadContextMap
Since:
2.7/**
 * Extension service provider interface to implement additional custom MDC behavior for
 * {@link org.apache.logging.log4j.ThreadContext}.
 *
 * Consider implementing {@link CleanableThreadContextMap} instead.
 *
 * @see ThreadContextMap
 * @since 2.7
 */
public interface ThreadContextMap2 extends ThreadContextMap {

    
Puts all given context map entries into the current thread's
context map.
If the current thread does not have a context map it is
created as a side effect.
Params:
map – The map.
Since:
2.7/**
     * Puts all given context map entries into the current thread's
     * context map.
     *
     * <p>If the current thread does not have a context map it is
     * created as a side effect.</p>
     * @param map The map.
     * @since 2.7
     */
    void putAll(final Map<String, String> map);

    
Returns the context data for reading. Note that regardless of whether the returned context data has been frozen (made read-only) or not, callers should not attempt to modify the returned data structure. 
Returns:
the StringMap/**
     * Returns the context data for reading. Note that regardless of whether the returned context data has been
     * {@linkplain StringMap#freeze() frozen} (made read-only) or not, callers should not attempt to modify
     * the returned data structure.
     *
     * @return the {@code StringMap}
     */
    StringMap getReadOnlyContextData();
}